We Should Be Talking About the 1 Percent of the 1 Percent

Posted on Apr 1, 2014

It’s really the 0.01 percent of Americans who are leaving us all behind; one answer to fighting climate change is vegetarianism; meanwhile, is the beer in Britain spying on you? These discoveries and more below.

On a regular basis, Truthdig brings you the news items and odds and ends that have found their way to Larry Gross, director of the USC Annenberg School for Communication. A specialist in media and culture, art and communication, visual communication and media portrayals of minorities, Gross helped found the field of gay and lesbian studies.

The Myth of Green Shareholder Activism
A conservative think-tank called the National Center for Public Policy Research recently issued a shareholder resolution to Apple demanding information on the company’s “associations and memberships and trade associations that work on [environmental] sustainability issues,” ostensibly to help other shareholders see how Apple has come under the ideological influence of anti-market forces.